Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a public central university in Aligarh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875. Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920. Many notable individuals have been affiliated with the college as graduates, non-graduating attendees, faculty, staff, or administrators. The following is a list of notable Aligarh Muslim University alumni.The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College was transformed into the Aligarh Muslim University in 1920.
Zakir Husain, Shaukat Ali, Fani Badayuni, and Mohammad Ali Jauhar graduated from the M. A. O. College when it was affiliated to the University of Calcutta (1875–1885) and University of Allahabad (1885–1920).
Arts and letters Literature and journalism Name Class year Degree Notability 1926Bengali author, journalist, academic, scholar and linguist Urdu writer T. Jeevan Kumar, "Ahmed Ali: A Progressive Writer" in The English Literature Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2 (2014):57 1940LLBjournalist; former editor of Navbharat Times; Padma Bhushan recipient journalist Phd Hindi scholar, fiction writer, novelist and playwright 1936BAUrdu poet (better known as Majaz Lakhnawi) master of Persian literature, established Persian Language Research Center of the Aligarh University, Indian university holds confab on Iran's mystic poet Mowlavi, 2 December 2012. BA, MA, PhDUrdu poet journalist, author, and political commentator author and poet LLBUrdu poetpoet, playwright and scholar 1955BUMSauthor and writer author, journalist and politician BEdUrdu novelist 1963; 1965; 1973BA; MA in Persian; PhDwriter 1970MBBSwriter PhDauthor author and poet author, professor, and Padma Bhushan recipient Writer, playwright and author born in British India. educationist and Urdu writer Urdu novelist senior lecturer in English language at Liverpool Hope University Urdu poet founder of Zamindar. scholar, poet, playwright, and literary criticLLB Pakistani writer and satirist Bangladeshi educationist, playwright and literary critic Indian-American writer Assamese novelist and poetUrdu poetShakil-ur-Rehman, "Khalil-ur-Rahman Azmi", Encyclopaedia of Indian literature, Vol. 1, p. 319.
Film and television Name Class year Degree Notability urdu poet and lyricist (better known as Shahryar) MA in Urdu urdu poet and screenwriter in Hindi cinema urdu poet, critic, Hindi/Urdu film lyricist "Alumni" , Aligarh Movement. Retrieved on 27 February 2013. 1998film director film actor Hindi/urdu film actor and theater director MAurdu poet, Hindu/Urdu film lyricist urdu poet, Hindu/Urdu film lyricist Hindi/Urdu film director, novelist, screenwriter and journalist 1966BScfilm director 1971BABollywood actor British-Indian actor writer and director film actress Aasif Sheikh1984 Bsc Remote Sensing Bollywood And Television actor
Business Name Class year Degree Notability MScentrepreneur, investor and philanthropist; head of the FI Investment Group; founder and CEO of the QSS Group
Humanities and Social Sciences Name Class year Degree Notability Urdu scholar and linguist 1973, 1975, 1980 BA, MA, PHD Urdu critic and former dean of the Faculty of Arts at the Aligarh Muslim University historian historianP100 Glorious Years of Aligarh Muslim University History of the M.A.O. College, Aligarh By Shyam Krishna Bhatnagar, Aligarh Muslim University 1975Archeologist and Padma Shri recipient well known historian from Ghazipur Historian and a literary critichistorianwriter and religious scholarPakistani author, researcher, critic, linguist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics.
Science and Technology Name Class year Degree Notability Pucadyil Ittoop John1972PhDPlasma physicist, Padma Shri recipientSultan Ahmed Sidduiqe]]BScCosmologist, Physicist Saif SR, Author, Poet and Pharmacologist, Honoured as the Youngest Medical AUthor in the world, Library of Congress USA C No RM105S252005Ajay Pratap Singh1992; 1994B.Sc; M.Sc.https://www.umc.edu/Faculty/Singh_Ajay_P microbiologist, N-Bios laureate 1978MBBScardiologist software engineer 1954; 1956BSc; MScmarine geologist, Padma Shri recipient and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate 1979MScchemical biologist, N-Bios laureate inventor of the inferior vena cava filter scientist in the area of appropriate technology in India , The Guardian obituary, 5 March 2001. 1984; 1987;1989MSc; MPhil; PhDzoologist 1977BScvirologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate 1995; 2000; 2015MBBS, MDpharmacologist Pakistani atomic physicist
Politics and law Heads of state and government Name Class year Degree Notability did not graduate2nd President of Pakistan Karl J. Newman: Pakistan unter Ayub Khan, Bhutto und Zia-ul-Haq. S. 31, 1924LLB5th President of Pakistan BA in Sociology2nd Governor General of Pakistan; 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan "Khawaja Nazimuddin" , Nawab Bari. Retrieved on 27 February 2013. 1918BSc in Political Science; LLBfirst Prime Minister of Pakistan "Liaquat Ali Khan" , Story of Pakistan. Retrieved on 27 February 2013. BA in accountancy3rd Governor General of Pakistan first President of the Maldives 12th Vice President of India MA3rd Prime Minister of Bangladesh 3rd President of India
Chief ministers and governors Name Class year Degree Notability MA; LLBformer Chief Minister of Bihar Governor of Bihar LLBformer Governor of Haryana 1945LLB former Governor of North-West Frontier Province in Pakistan former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir LLBformer Governor of Uttar Pradesh LLBformer Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Minister of Home Affairs MA in Library Scienceformer Chief Minister of Delhi LLBformer Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1930MSc in Chemistryformer Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir former Governor of United Punjab and former President of BCCISee Sir Sikander Hyat Khan: The Soldier-Statesman of the Punjab, A Special Memorial Volume, Lahore: Government of the Punjab, 1943, pp. 10–12. former Chief Minister of Assam former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir former Chief Minister of North-West Frontier Province
Other politicians, civil servants, and diplomats Name Class year Degree Notability Kashmiri politician LLBMuslim League leaderAbdullah RasheedBA. EconRegional Director, Asia-Pacific Region, World Organization of the Scout Movement Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha former Attorney General of Pakistan LLBFederal Minister of Pakistan 1974LLBMember of Parliament, Lok Sabha 19261st Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Khwaja HaleemMember of Legislative Assembly the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal 1947former President of the United Nations General Assembly and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh BA and MA in English literatureformer Minister of Interior and Minister of Housing and Works of Pakistan M.A. in PhilosophyMember of Parliament, Lok Sabha Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha Pashtun Leader and Indian independence activist 1933BEdMember of the Chamber of Nationalities of Burma Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha 1946; 1947MA in History; LLBMember of Parliament, Lok Sabha LLBSpeaker of East Pakistan Provincial Assembly Member of Legislative Assembly of Kerala Leader of Indian National Congress; Independent India's first Communication Minister 1946MA in English history informer Minister of Accountability of Pakistan Kashmiri lawyer and politician BSc; MSc Investment Banker and Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, former Director at Deutsche Bank and Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party 1938Military leader and politician from Bangladesh South African leader and activist LLBIndian politician in the princely state of Hyderabad Member of Parliament, Lok SabhaIndian Civil Service 1941 batchM. Riaz HamidullahHigh Commissioner of Bangladesh to India
Jurists Name Class year Degree Notability former Judge of the Supreme Court of India former Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court former Judge of the Supreme Court of India former Judge of the Supreme Court of India 1961former Judge of the Supreme Court of India N. R. Madhava MenonLLM, PhDlegal educationistZahirul Hasnain Lari 1930 LL.B Justice, Sindh High Court
Religion Name Class year Degree Notability Islamic scholar and author Islamic scholar and Principal of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama Urdu poet former Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir. former General Secretary, All India Ulema and Mashaikh Board and member Ahmediyaa missionary Short Biography of Chaudhry Fateh Muhammad Sial, (Urdu) by Ata ul Waheed Bajwah, published by Majlis Khuddam-ul Ahmadiyya Pakistan Rabwah (2008).
Academics Name Class year Degree Notability Vice Chancellor of Delhi University, Founder chairman and Rector of Jawaharlal Nehru University Founder- Vice Chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University 19 February 2017, Early Times Vice Chancellor of Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh 5th Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia; father of Urdu-linguistics Vice Chancellor of Nalsar University of Law professor and Islamic scholar MA; MPhil; PhDFormer director of the Institute of Islamic Studies of Aligarh Muslim University MScprofessor of geology and Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia political scientist and first Vice Chancellor of Karachi University academician and Padma Shri recipient 1992MA EnglishDirector, Institute of Management Technology Hyderabad, India. 1986PhDFormer chairman of the department of Arabic and former dean of the faculty of arts, AMU LLB; LLMProfessor of Law in the University of Malaya MA; PhD MSc 1962PhDFounder Director Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Institute AMU Ph.DFormer Vice Chancellor Maulana Azad National Urdu University
Sports Name Class year Degree Notability field hockey player 2006sport shooter field hockey player field hockey player and captain of the Indian men's field hockey team tennis player Jamshed NasiriIranian footballer field hockey player cricketer and captain of the Indian national cricket team Majid BishkarIranian footballer cricketer field hockey player and captain of the Indian men's field hockey team field hockey player field hockey player field hockey player field hockey player cricketer Pakistani tennis player
See also List of Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of Aligarh Muslim University
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Aligarh Muslim University official website